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Doing citizen science as open science: what, why, and how
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Welcome and Introduction (~5 mins)
Welcome to the course!
Reflect on open science
1. What is open science and why should you do it? (~12 mins)
Why do open science - It is how science works
Why do open science - It promotes equality and inclusion
Open science in practice
Towards a working definition of open science
Section 1 review activity
2. The basics of publishing your open science outputs (~18 mins)
Good practices to enable sharing and reuse
Where to publish scientific outputs?
What about sensitive data?
Publishing papers
Section 2 review activity
3. Open science outputs: software and hardware (~15 mins)
What are open source software and hardware?
Publishing software
What about hardware?
Section 3 review activity
4. Reuse, remix, and legal considerations (~20 mins)
Introduction to legal concepts
Quick legal primer
Why should I care about copyright?
Why do we need open licenses? An example.
Use open licenses to make sharing and reuse easier
Examples in citizen science
Do open licenses mean all uses of my work must be non-commercial?
A note on software and hardware licenses
Section 4 review activity
5. Open science processes – Where citizen science shines (~23 mins)
Citizen science, scientific literacy and civic engagement
Citizen science puts open science processes into action
Wrap up and an inspiration (optional)
Section 5 review activity
Summary and self-assessment (~12 mins)
Course summary
Check-in and food for thought
End of course quiz
Further information
Further information
Sources and acknowledgements
References
Archive of course content
Acknowledgements
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Doing citizen science as open science: what, why, and how
Teacher:
Pen-Yuan Hsing Pen-Yuan Hsing
Teacher:
Rafaella Antoniou Rafaella Antoniou
Skill Level
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Beginner
